Ida Corr is one of Denmark’s most exciting artists of the moment - an exciting and dynamic vocalist who has been remixed by a number of the world’s best DJs  including Fedde le Grand. She’s currently in hot demand in the traditional circuit including Ibiza, but also in Russia and beyond - just check out her touring schedule for more info.

Ida’s newly released double album “One”  is heavenly. Check it out and buy on download or CD in the shop.

When Mubito got to start working with her label Lifted House, we couldn’t think of a better opportunity to try out our new custom site building tools. I hope you’ll agree that the new site for Ida is one of the best on the Mubito platform.  Keep an eye out for a new site for her label-mate Camille Jones - coming soon.

www.idacorr.com

We’ve finally moved into our new office in Malmö - a nice big space at Södra Förstadsgatan 2. Pictures will come soon

Our London plans are moving ahead, and we expect to open our new office during September.

Mubito will be exhibiting at the London Calling 2008 conference, June 19-20 in London. We’ll also be sponsoring the club lounge and demonstrating some of the new label features we are working on.

Mubito CEO, Andrew Martyn will be talking on the panel “New Kids on the Block”, and also joining the CEO roundtable on Friday.

Mubito is present in the UK through clients such as Tricky’s Brown Punk label and Eurovision finalist Andy Abraham. We’re looking forward to meeting labels, artists, management and publishers in London.

To book a meeting, or find out more details visit our London Calling page or stop by stand 420.

Mubito today launched its Eurovision 2008 project, linking a number of official entrant websites with a new Mubitovision central site.

We had a number of contestants asking us to help them build their own official sites, to build their fanbase and publish their own official news. We’ve been working with Swedish entrant Charlotte Perrelli for a few months, and have just released sites for a number of other contestants.

You can visit our central site www.mubitovision.com where you can read the latest news, vote for your favourite entrant, buy music and merchandise, and hit the forums to discuss all the happenings with other Eurovision fans.

You can also visit the official sites for the following Eurovision contestants on Mubito:

• Charlotte Perrelli (Sweden)
• Simon Mathew (Denmark)
• Pirates of the Sea (Latvia)
• Csézy (Hungary - site coming soon)
• Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents (Croatia - site coming soon)
  

You can also check out some previous years entrants:

• Elena Risteska (Macedonia 2006)
• Karolina Goceva (Macedonia 2007)
• Carola Häggkvist (Sweden 1983, 1990, 1991)
  

As mentioned in the last post, Mubito and Euroads had  party in Stockholm to launch the Mubito advertising network on April 24th. Here are some pictures from the event!

Marit Bergman

The food!

Mubito-Kristopher talking to some guests

Euroads-Lars and Mubito-Andrew welcoming guests and introducing Marit

Marit playing

Some of the Mubito team together with Marit: Sara, Andrew, Marit and Kristopher

Mubito and partner Euroads are launching our Swedish advertising network on Thursday 24th April in Stockholm - together with Marit Bergman who will play a short-set to entertain our guests.

If you represent a media agency, brand or artist (management, label etc), and you would like to attend, please call Sara at Mubito on +46 (0)40 128 476 to request an invitation.

When: Thursday 24th April, from 18.00
Where: Fellows, Brunnsgatan 6, Stockholm

(you need to be on our guestlist to attend)

Mubito is proud to be working with Swedish mega-stars Ace Of Base in their new project “Redefined”.

The first version of the new official site aceofbase.com was launched today, with many exciting plans for new features that are being developed by Mubito .

Ace Of Base is currently on a European tour, playing on Monday night a gig in Kiev, Ukraine - which will be attended by Mubito’s entire software development team.

Mubito was today covered in the Swedish daily newspaper Sydsvenskan, in the article titled “Nätföretag skapar ny bas för lönsam musik” (web company creates a new base for profitable music).

The story appears here (in Swedish.

Mubito tonight released the official website for the winner of Denmark’s X Factor TV series - Martin Hedegaard. Sony BMG Denmark has signed Martin to a recording contract - this being the first of a number of sites that Mubito has been contracted to develop for Sony BMG in Denmark.

The site has attracted record traffic and very strong interest from advertisers wishing to be associated with the highly popular winner, and strong download sales of his winning song “The 1″, sales of ringtones and “I love Martin” merchandise.

Martin’s official site can be found at x-martin.dk

The popular Swedish indie pop artist Marit Bergman has released a new subscription site called “Marit’s Lounge” for her fans, introducing a new model to the music industry.

By joining Marit’s Lounge for just 85 SEK per year (€9), her fans can subscribe directly to her music - with a subscriber only login area featuring music, video and art downloads. On the last Friday of every month Marit will add a new song to the Lounge, which subscribers can download for free. The songs will be sold separatly on the public area of her site as well, but subscribers to Marit’s Lounge will get them cheaper, as well as lots of extra materials such as special videos, chances to win backstage passes to Marit’s concerts, and even the chance to attend a free exclusive concert in Sweden (subscribers only). Subscribers also get access to a private blog showing the process of writing and recording, with the ability to actually influence the outcome of her new songs. At the end, a traditional album may be released, however Marit is keeping an open mind on this - preferring to explore the possibilities together with feedback from her fans.

The idea of a subscription-based fanclub in itself is not new, with artists such as Robbie Williams already taking fan-clubs online. However Marit’s Lounge is different in that she will write, record and release her new album song by song - providing exclusive access to the members of Marit’s Lounge, rather than just supporting an online fanclub. The first song and extra content will be released on the site on March 28, including the song “Out on the piers” - both the radio version and acoustic version recorded with Åsa Jacobsson.

To launch and promote the new initiative, Marit is running a competition for the first 100 members of Marit’s Lounge, offering the chance to win a personal concert by her in their own home (in Sweden, UK, France or New York).

This presents a new way for artists to write and release their music, and new ways for them to become more intimate with their fans. In essence, fans don’t simply purchase a finished work, but support their favourite artists to create music and entertain them in the process.

You can find out more information and sign up to Marit’s Lounge at maritbergman.net

This story has also been covered on the following blogs and news sites (mostly in Swedish) - Aftonbladet, MSN, Newsdesk.se, Metro